p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
I agree.
Leon C
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I'm disappointed....
All of them....
All of them....
Shab
Veteran
I love the pictures I have made with the 24mm 2.8... it has distortion and it vignettes, yes, but love the pictures that come from it. If I would take one of the wide lenses (24 and 28mm) them, it would be the 24mm 2.8. For 35mm I use the Blacksheep of the family, the 35mm 2.0...
Ljós
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Here in Germany only the 28mm f2.8 and 3.5 can be reliably found below the equivalent of 125 USD, if one is looking for really nice copies. (Not saying that 35 f2.8 and 24 f2.8 to be found at these prices (in Germany) have to be bad samples.) I just got my 24mm f2.8 (MC, black nose, high serial number, clean as a whistle) and a nice, late 35 f 2.8 (latest version, clean) and am impressed so far. The 35 f2.8 seems quite resistant to flare , and have good sharpness across the frame already at f2.8, still figuring out center sharpness wide open. And, intrigued to no small extent by Xabier's deeds with the 35 'black sheep' f2 ;-), I found a promising looking one which is on its way to me. Will be interesting to compare it (it is a MC Japan Version, clean, not the latest NMC 'Made in Japan', but should be good) to the slower f2.8 version.
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Shab
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I know that this thread in the film section, but one of the really special photos that I have made was made with the Zuiko OM 35mm 2.0 put in the A7. Here you have it:
Shab
Veteran
Baiona / OM-1 + Zuiko OM 35mm 2.0 + Orange + HP5 PLus [@640ASA]
caila77
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I really love the 35 2,8
gavinlg
Veteran
24mm f2.8 - Good wide open in the centre with smeary corners. Excellent stopped down. Tiny. Great rendering. (MC version)
28mm f2.8 - Excellent wide open to the corners. Excellent stopped down. A match for the Zeiss 28mm f2.8 ZM biogon 40 years it's junior. (MC version)
28mm f3.5 - Excellent wide open, excellent stopped down. Flares easier due to single coat. Best bang for buck optically considering low price.
35mm f2.8 - Very good wide open - no worse than a nikkor 35mm f2.8 of any era but half the size. Excellent at f8+ all the way to the corners. Very flare resistant.
Bonus -
35mm f2 - The weirdest 35mm lens I've used - super high field curvature and high spherical aberration (glow) wide open, Very irregular bokeh - sometimes nice sometimes woozy, corners never sharpen totally (Late NMC version). Shab and others on this thread use it better than I could so obviously your mileage might vary.
As a 1-2 set, I'd choose 28mm f2.8 1st and 35mm f2.8 (MC version only) second or whichever focal length you prefer.
Krosya
Konicaze
Krosya
Konicaze
Shab
Veteran
Om-1n + Zuiko OM 35mm 2.0 + HP5 Plus [@640ASA] + Rodinal
Krosya
Konicaze
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Olympus OM-2n with Zuiko 35 f/2.0
ilford Delta 400 in HC110
Krosya
Konicaze
Ljós
Well-known
Quick question regarding f-stops on Zuikos and the metering system (OM-2n in my case): Evaluating my newly arrived 35mm f2 I noticed that the metering needle only moves about a half stop when changing from f2 to f2.8, and then one stop from 2.8 to 4 (and so on). On further inspection and comparing with other lenses (f2.8 35mm, f2.8 24mm) I noticed the pattern: the white marker painted next to 2,8 (or f2 in case of the faster lens), and the aperture ring travelling a shorter distance betwen 2,8 and 2, so no wonder the meter moves accordingly.
I am aware that the OM-2n will meter off the film within a certain range of shutter speeds when in Auto and correct for the actual T-value and amount of light hitting the film, but I am a bit baffled by the thinking here, especially when using manual mode. It's as if the white marker sat at a T-value of 2,4. What gives?
I am aware that the OM-2n will meter off the film within a certain range of shutter speeds when in Auto and correct for the actual T-value and amount of light hitting the film, but I am a bit baffled by the thinking here, especially when using manual mode. It's as if the white marker sat at a T-value of 2,4. What gives?
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Sort of normal.
My 35f/2 Is fully serviced and so is my om2. On my om2 it shows something like 1/2 stop but with the om4 (which has and LCD display) is shows more like 2/3 of the stop.
With the digital it goes from (for example) 2500th to 4000sec (almost a stop).
Shab
Veteran
I had the same question when I began to use it on my A7... and I thought it was becaise of the vignette at 2.0.
With film I use a hand lightmeter and I take the value for 2.0 and it works very fine.
Anothe point: when you go from 2.0 to 2.8 the distance is way smaller than any other one (the others are the same distance, but this one is smaller...
Ljós
Well-known
Thanks, @p.giannakis and @Shab! I assumed this was normal once I noticed that the actual distance the aperture ring moves is smaller, and not something that was wrong with the new to me lens. Reassuring to know!
